Hand corn-planter



(No Model.)

H. A. SHAW.

HAND 001m PLANTER.

N0. 303,890. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

(Van /saga il NiTEn STATES harem @rrrca HOVIARD A. SHAKV, OF GALENA,OHIO.

HAND C'ORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,890, dated August19, 1884. Application filed October 31, 1583. (No model.)

In (Z2? whomit may concern.-

3e it known that I, Hownnn A. SHAW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galcna, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specificat-ion.

My invention relates to improvements in hand corn-planters; and itconsists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is avertical sec tion thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the innerface of one of the arms with attached partition and spreader plates.Fig. 4; represents in detail the dropping-slide; and Fig. 5 shows asomewhat modified form of droppingslide, all of which will be described.

The arms A A are provided with handles a (I, and are pivoted togethernear their lower ends, preferably by means of connectingplates a, whichare rigidly secured to one of the arms and pivoted to the other, as willhe readily seen in Fig. 1.

On the outer face of and near the upper end of the arm A, I secure thegrain-box B. An opening, B, is cut through the said arm A at the lowerend of said box. A. brush, 7), is secured in the upper end of thisopening, as shown. The dropping-slide D is pivoted at 1) to the arm A,and projects thence through the opening 13 into the grain-box B, and itsupper side moves close to the brush 1), which clears from thedropping-slide the surplus grain in the operation of the machine. Thedropping-slide is notched or cut away on its opposite edges to form thetwo grain-pockets d d, arranged alongside and separated, as shown. Theforward wall, (1, of these pockets is tapered horizontally and inclinedor beveled vertically, as most clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.These tapered and beveled walls are next the brush 1), and are desiredfor the following reasons: In operation the brush, as the dropper isdrawn out of the box, forces the corn down into the tapering pockets.These pockets, being largest on top, are certain to fill, and, daring ortapering toward their forward 'alls, render certain the dropping action, and all clogging or choking of the pockets is prevented. I preferto shape the pools ets as described for the reasons stated; but where sodesired the tapering and beveling may be dispensed with, and the dropperconstructed as shown in Fig. 5, or otherwise, at the will of the user. Avertical partitionplate, E, is secured centrally on the inner face ofthe arm A. It is arranged in vertical line under the division-pointbetween the two pockets in the grain-slide, and its upper end restsclose under the dropping-slide. In operation the outer edge of thispartition at its upper portion extends through a slot, 0, formed throughthe arm A. On the lower ends of the partition-plate I form or securespreaderplates E E, which are inclined outward from from their upper totheir lower ends, and serve to deliver the grain delivered on oppositesides of the partition, near the outer sides or edges of the arms of themachine. A gage-plate, F, is secured on the dropper, and has flange f,which extends down into the pockets and forms what, for convenience ofreference, I. call the rear wall thereof. This plate F is secured byscrewf, turning through a slot, as shown, so it may be readily adjustedto vary the size of the pockets. In operation it will be seen the slidetakes the grain in two equal portions, which are delivered one on eachside of the partition and deposited into the ground in two parts. Thisseparates the grain and prevents the kernels lumping to gether, as inmachines of ordinary construction.

The pockets are preferably made open on one side, so as to prevent thegrain from clog ging therein.

I am aware that it is not new in hand corn planters to employ adropping-slide having two separate pockets arranged one alongside theother; also, that leather or other flexible partitions or tubes havebeen arranged with their upper ends communicating with said pockets andtheir lower ends flared apart, so slide, and the spreader-plates E E,having as to separate the grain dropped through the their upper endsconverged at and in line with several tubes. These I do not broadlyclaim the lower end or base-0f the spreader-plate,

as my invention; but, and flared thence outward in opposite direc- I 5 5Having described my invention, what I tions and downward, substantially.as set forth. claim,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in ispresence of two witnesses.

The combination, in a hand corn-planter, of HOXVARD A. SHA /V. the armsA A, the grain-box, the dropping Vitnesses: to slide, the division-plateE, arranged in line G. \V. BLAIN, below the middle portion of thedropping- G. -\V. WVEBB.

